A near comeback from a 4-1 deficit left the students who made up red and black sea in the upper level of TD Garden on the edge of their seats as the men’s hockey team battled Boston College for the Beanpot title Monday night. But the Huskies and their fans will have to wait until 2014 for another chance to be the best in Boston.
After 25 years without a Beanpot win, Northeastern will have to wait one more as the Huskies fell to the Boston College Eagles, 6-3, in the Beanpot final Monday night.
The Huskies are heading to their third Beanpot final in five years, as they bemoan the quarter century mark of the last Northeastern win in the historic Boston college hockey tournament.
When Jim Madigan talks about his players’ emotions surrounding the Beanpot Tournament, he doesn’t have to try very hard to put himself in their skates; he’s been there. The Northeastern men’s hockey head coach knows exactly what it feels like to skate onto the Garden ice for the first time, to hear the roaring student sections and understand the magnitude of the first two Mondays of February in Boston.
Not too long ago, I mentioned what could make this season a measured success for the men’s hockey team. There were two clear scenarios covered: Making it to the TD Garden for the Hockey East semifinals, and/or winning the Beanpot. Both were daunting tasks given the schedules at hand, but since the Huskies would likely have to go through both Boston University and Boston College to win the Beanpot, their odds dipped heavily with bias below the clean 25 percent chance each of the four Beanpot teams receives going into the tournament.
Husky rookie Kevin Roy picked the right day to get his first collegiate hat trick, leading Northeastern to a first-round Beanpot win over crosstown rivals Boston University Terriers, 3-2. With 29 points on the season, Roy broke former Husky Brodie Reid's freshman scoring record.
A three-game winless streak continued for the Northeastern men's hockey team Friday night with a 3-1 loss to University of New Hampshire (16-6-2 overall, 11-5-1 Hockey East). Despite 48 shots from the Huskies (7-13-3 overall, 4-11-3 Hockey East) and 24 saves from senior goaltender Chris Rawlings, it wasn't enough to overthrow the nationally ranked No. 3 Wildcats.
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